Means for securing shingles to roofs



J. A. TOPPING.

MEANS FOR SECURING SHINGLES T0 ROOFS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR- 18, I921.

,3 v I PatentedSept. 26,1922.

v insane li atented Sept. 2%, i922.

JUH N A. TO?PENG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINQIS- v I i q e {a esteem MEANS FOR SECURING SHINGLES TO BOOBS.

Application filed March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,43 l,

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN A. TOPPING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-- cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Shingles to Roots, of which the following is a specification. I

. The invention relates to improvements in means for securing shingles to a roof.

One of the objects of the invention is to secure the weather exposed or butt ends of shingles firmly to a roof without bending or perforating the shingles at such ends.

Another object is to provide a clamp, for

securing the lower or butt ends of shingles to a roof so that they will not be affected by wind or storm; which holds the superimposed shingle firmly in place by nails used to secure the subjacent shingles on the roof.

Another object is to supply means for clamping or securing to the roof the exposed angular end of a shingle without perforating any part of the shingles with the clamping means.

Another object isto prevent the shingles from warping, curving or being lifted.

Other, further and more specific objects of the invention will become readily apparent, to personsskilled in the art; from a consideration. of the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein':-

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a part of a roof showing my shingle securing means in place with parts broken away to show its means of attachment to the roof.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one form of clamp that may be used in carrying my invention into effect. 1 v

in both views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

The clamp 5 may well be made of a single piece of tinned or galvanized 'wii fe having a member 6 which may occupy a horizontal position on the roof, and angul arly. dis-. posed arms '7 and B, terminating in eyes 9 and 10, respectively. The-interior of the eyes are preferably just large enough-to 'ireely admit the shanir of. the shingle nail without through.

v In Fig. 1 I have shown a portion of erect I permitting the head to pass thereof a design in which the lower angular ends of the shingles are firmly held to the roof by my improved means. i

In the particular example the shingles are substantially square in outline with opposite corners in vertical and in horizontal planes, respectively.

Shingles 11, 12 and 13 constitute parts of one course. These shingles overlie shingles, 14,15, 16 and 17 of the course below and are overlain by shingles 18 and 19 of the course, above.

As an example of the mode of laying the shingles, it will he observed that shingles 18 and 19 overlap shingles 11, 12 and 13, Shingle 12 is shown projecting above the'meeting points of shingles 18 and 19, as at 20. N ails 21 and 22 are placed in the eyes 9 and 10, respectively, and driven through shingles 18 and 12, and 19 and 12, respectively.

In laying the next course above thecourse containing shingles 18 and 19, the lower point or butt end of the shingle to be placed above is stuck under the horizontal member 6 of the clamp, as clearly shown at 23 and 24.

The superimposed shingle covers the nails 21 and 22 and the members 7 and 8 of the clamp leaving the horizontal member 6 overlying the lower angular butt of the shingle subsequently placed in position.

It will be noted that the device which holds the butt ends of the shingles of one course is held in place by the nails employed to attach the previously applied course.

The clamp'herein shown, if made of good qiiality of galvanized or tinned wire, will.

last as-long as the shingles remain-serviceable.

to assist the nails in holding down the'shingles perforated by the nails by increasing the extent of the overlying holding, surfaces.

- While. I have shown on'e form of device which may conveniently be used for carrying my invention into efiect, it will'he manifest thatehangesf-may be made in the configurationand disposition of the parts with- ,inthe-scope of 'the appended claims.

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